[ncc-services-wg] New on RIPE Labs: RPKI Repositories and the RIPE Database in the Cloud

On 2021-05-10, at 13:40:07, Alun Davies wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
> 
> The mission critical services the RIPE NCC provides to the Internet community require a solid technical foundation. In this new article on RIPE Labs, Felipe Silveira looks at plans to use cloud infrastructure as a means to that end. The full article is available here:
> 
> https://labs.ripe.net/author/felipe_victolla_silveira/rpki-repositories-and-the-ripe-database-in-the-cloud/
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Alun Davies
> RIPE Labs Editor
> RIPE NCC

Hi Alun,

I've read the article and I think one possible long-term risk has been overlooked: loss of skill/proficiency.

I would like to point to a very interesting and eye-opening presentation by Bert Hubert about this very topic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQccNdwm8Tw (transcript: https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/how-tech-loses-out/ )